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Lane Kiffin: Who would've thought we'd 'have more wins than Florida and Florida State combined?'

Updated November 13, 2017 at 4:49 PM;Posted November 13, 2017 at 4:47 PM

Florida Atlantic head coach Lane Kiffin gestures from the sidelines during an NCAA college football game against Wisconsin, in Madison, Wis. Kiffin never definitively said what his expectation was for his first season at Florida Atlantic, though one thing is absolutely certain.
He did not expect this.FAU is already 7-3, with six wins in a row.(Aaron Gash)

Shannon saw his Gators fight through a 35-point loss to Georgia that led to McElwain's firing, then debuted with a 29-point loss to Missouri.

Meanwhile, things aren't much different in Tallahassee.

The Seminoles (3-6, 3-5 ACC) fell to No. 4 Clemson 31-14.

For Florida State, it marked its first losing ACC record since 2006. And the Seminoles' landmark streak of 35 straight bowl games is in jeopardy, too -- they have three games left against Delaware State, rival Florida and Louisiana-Monroe.

FAU can clinch the right to host the C-USA title game if it beats Florida International.

"You need to enjoy it. This is not a normal story," Kiffin told The Associated Press. "You don't go from three three-win seasons and the media, no one picked us to win the conference let alone even the division. We're in the middle of a really unique story and we need to keep it going."

(Mark Heim is a sports reporter for The Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Mark_Heim.)